Presidential Debate: Mar Roxas opening remarks

 w By Popoy Del R. Cartanio This piece is like a skeleton key that can be delivered fittingly as opening remarks by any or all of the Presidential Wannabes except it will sound pricey and manufactured if the speaker is not of the caliber, the competence and integrity of Mar Roxas for whom the piece … Continue reading →

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Power, blogging and politics

  By josephivo Introduction A blog can have two different objectives: present how interesting the writer is, his knowledge, wit, style . . . and/or share information and thoughts to convince others. Politics, too, can have two objectives: defensive, to strengthen oneself or one’s own party and/or offensive, to get decisions taken and achieve political … Continue reading →

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The 2016 election is about Philippine character, and China

I’ve come to understand that the Philippines is the center of the world. It is the pivot around which the fate of the planet revolves. Now you may pretend some false modesty and say, “Oh, Joe, you kidder you!”  I’m not kidding. Consider the weather patterns. The Philippines wobbles between northern and southern, eastern and … Continue reading →

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SEGURADO:  The certainties desired of Mar Roxas

  By  Popoy  Del. R.  Cartanio Sidestepping the clichéd “Political promises are made to be broken”, one can risk pretentiousness and be presumptuous to postulate:  if A then B in series. If Mar Roxas becomes the President then its Tuwid na Daan in series. To be the A as a person, Mar Roxas, or PresMar, … Continue reading →

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Did Filipinos help build the Chinese islands?

Let us imagine the worst of the worst of those amongst us, those Filipinos who are in business, not for the betterment of mankind, or even Filipino-kind, but for themselves. Who are a few of these despicables? Soldiers who sell arms to rebels. Filipinos who traffic in Filipino women and children. Mayors who sell their civic oath to a Binay … Continue reading →

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